Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 16)

You are all Crazy, this book was great and I had to write a review just to offset all the negative ones on this site. If you are a Anita Blake series fan, love for this book will not be hard to find. And those who thought this book had too much sex, well it has less sex then some of the other excellent books in the series. I for one give it 5 stars and I am just happy and content there was an additional book in the series and look forward to anymore that may come out in the future.

I enjoyed the earlier Anita Blake books... LKH's heroine was different and for once - a strong female lead. She gradually went from being a prude to being a prude that was "oh-so-guilty" over having sex to a pure nymphomaniac. I didn't much like Anita when LKH made her so powerful - in fact, indestructible - that she was no longer realistic/sympathetic as a character. I think this was just prior to the horrible "Incubus Dreams" which was like a metaphysical train wreck. Reading that novel made my head spin... there was NO plot. At least I made it through Blood Noir without wanting to bang my head against the wall. This series has gone 'round the bend. I recommened Tanya Huff's Victoria Nelson series. Huff remained true to her characters and ended the series when the story played out... she let them leave on a good note. LKH needs to end the AB series before she completely destroys every character... Jean-Claude and Asher have lost their bite and Richard is a wet dog... :-(

Oh... my... God...

Not a very helpful review I know, but that's all I can think to say. This book was so bad, pointless and poorly written, I am struck dumb by the idea that it was actually written - oh my god - and published too!

Pity I can't give this a negative 3...sigh

Okay, the first thing I want to say is that there is way too much sex in this book. A few sex scenes here and there are not bad, after all -- I'm no prude. However, it's a completely different matter when the first sex scene is three pages into the novel and she proceeds to have a sex scene roughly about every 25 pages. In a novel this size, that's just too much. Also, Mrs. Hamilton seems to have spent the most of their time on the plot whatsoever. I mean, come on -- Keith Summerland -- I wonder how much thought she put it to that.

There are a few bright spots. But let me stress that -- a few. For instance, we did not have to put up with Mika whining through most of this movel. Oh, and how I wish Anita would just kill Richard, and be done with it. Because that's the only way I see that Mrs. Hamilton can get rid of him at this point.

Other than that, the novel was great. I suppose if you accept that Mrs. Hamilton is going into a downward slide when it comes to writing the series (which is what I did about halfway through the book) and you don't have this book to the earlier books in the series, then you can enjoy it. I for one, am getting sorely upset with Mrs. Hamilton. I will however hope for the best. Maybe the mother of darkness will take over Anita's consciousness and go on a killing spree in to her harem of men. Oh well, one can only hope. :-)

The Anita Blake series is one of my favorites. At least the first ten books or so. After this one, I officially give up. What happened to the spook squad? Isn't she supposed to be working with the police? But all of those characters just disappeared without an explanation several books ago, so that Anita could spend 4oo or 500 pages having sex with hot guys. Usually several of them at once. I get that considering what a prude she was in the first book, that some might actually consider this character development. I think I'm done with the series.